The Cartographers’ Guild is a forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. Our membership consists of professional designers and artists, hobbyists, and amateurs—all are welcome to join and participate in the quest for cartographic skill and knowledge.

Although we specialize in maps of fictional realms, as commonly used in both novels and games (both tabletop and role-playing), many Guild members are also proficient in historical and contemporary maps. Likewise, we specialize in computer-assisted cartography (such as with GIMP, Adobe apps, Campaign Cartographer, Dundjinni, etc.), although many members here also have interest in maps drafted by hand.

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Greetings and salutations!

Hi everyone,

I found this site thanks to Kindari's wonderful tutorial on YouTube. I've always been interested in maps and, after having been talking into exploring D&D and Pathfinder by a few friends, started poking around the internet looking for ways to create maps in Photoshop.

And now I'm here. Do I know what I'm doing? No, not really. But I love looking at the maps people here have created and getting inspired by them.

I am -as of the time of this post - working on my first map (with Kindari's YouTube guidance). It is a work in progress but I figured I'd share what I have done so far. I hope to get better at this as time goes on.